This Bird Stole a Camera and Recorded His 70-Mile Journey

When Australian wildlife rangers lost track of a motion sensor camera they had set up to record images of crocodiles, they thought that it had fallen in a nearby river.

But after the gadget showed up 70 miles away, video evidence pointed to a different culprit: a sea eagle had pocketed the camera and recorded his journey. Here’s the video rangers posted seven months after the brazen theft.

When Australian wildlife rangers lost track of a motion sensor camera they had set up to record images of crocodiles, they thought that it had fallen in a nearby river.

But after the gadget showed up 70 miles away, video evidence pointed to a different culprit: a sea eagle had pocketed the camera and recorded his journey. Here’s the video rangers posted seven months after the brazen theft.